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MEMORIAL  ADDRESSES 


LIFE  AND  CHARACTER 


OF 


JOHN  W.  KENDALL, 

A  REPRESENTATIVE  FROM  KENTUCKY, 


DELIVERED    IN   THE 


HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  AND  IN  THE  SENATE, 


FIFTY-SECOND    CONGRESS. 


PUBLISHED  HY  ORDER  OK   CONGRESS. 


WASHINGTON : 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING   OFFICE. 
I893. 


Resolved  by  the  House  of  Representatives  (the  Senate  concurring},  That  there 
be  printed  of  the  eulogies  delivered  in  Congress  upon  the  Hon.  JOHN  W. 
KENDAIX,  late  a  ^Representative  from  the  State  of  Kentucky,  8,000  copies, 
of  which  2,000  copies  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Senators  and  Representa- 
tives of  that  State,  and  of  the  remaining  number  2,000  copies  shall  be  for 
the  use  of  the  Senate  and  4,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  House,  and  of  the 
quota  of  the  House  the  Public  Printer  shall  set  aside  50  copies,  which  he 
shall  have  bound  in  full  morocco  with  gilt  edges,  the  same  to  be  delivered 
when  completed  to  the  family  of  the  deceased ;  and  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  is  hereby  directed  to  have  engraved  and  printed  at  the  earliest 
day  practicable  a  portrait  of  the  deceased  to  accompany  said  eulogies. 

Agreed  to  in  the  House  of  Eepresentatives  February  14,  1893. 

Agreed  to  in  the  Senate  February  14,  1893. 


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PROCEEDINGS  IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES. 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  DEATH. 


MARCH  8, 1892. 

Mr.  McCREARY,  of  Kentucky:  Mr.  Speaker,  with  sincere 
sorrow  I  announce  the  death  of  my  late  colleague,  the  Hon. 
JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  a  Eepresentative  from  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky. He  died  in  this  city  yesterday  evening  at  10  o'clock. 
Those  who  knew  him  best  loved  to  honor  him.  He  was  county 
attorney  of  his  native  county  for  eight  years.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Kentucky  legislature  for  eight  years.  He  was 
Commonwealth's  attorney  of  the  thirteenth  judicial  district 
six  years,  and  he  was  serving  his  first  term  in  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States  when  he  was  stricken  with  death.  In  all 
the  positions  of  honor  and  trust  to  which  he  was  elected  he 
was  always  conspicuous  for  ability,  integrity,  and  devotion  to 
duty.  Later  in  the  session  I  will  ask  the  House  of  Eepresenta- 
tives  to  set  apart  a  day  to  take  appropriate  action  in  regard  to 
the  death  of  my  deceased  colleague.  I  now  ask  the  adoption 
of  the  resolutions  which  I  send  to  the  Clerk's  desk. 

The  resolutions  were  read,  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the  House  of  ^Representatives  have  heard 
with  deep  regret  and  profound  sorrow  of  the  death  of  the  Hon.  JOHN  W. 
KENDALL,  late  a  Eepresentative  from  the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  seven  members  of  the  Housfe  be  appointed 
by  the  Speaker,  to  act  with  such  Senators  as  may  be  selected,  to  attend 

3 


4  Proceedings  in  the  House  of  Representatives. 

the  funeral  of  the  deceased ;  and  that  the  Sergeant-at-Arms  of  the  House 
shall  take  order  for  superintending  the  funeral  and  for  escorting  the  re- 
mains of  the  deceased  to  his  home ;  and  the  necessary  expenses  attending 
the  execution  of  this  order  shall  he  paid  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of  the 
House. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  be  directed  to  communicate  to  the  Senate  H 
copy  of  these  resolutions. 

Resolved,  That,  as  a  further  mark  of  respect,  the  House  do  now  adjourn. 

The  resolutions  were  adopted  unanimously. 

Pending  the  adjournment, 

The  Speaker  announced  the  appointment  of  the  following 
committee  under  the  resolutions:  Mr.  Payuter,  of  Kentucky; 
Mr.  Alderson,  of  West  Virginia;  Mr.  Amerman,  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; Mr.  Bailey,  of  Texas;  Mr.  Fellows,  of  New  York;  Mr. 
Wilson,  of  Kentucky,  and  Mr.  Belknap,  of  Michigan. 

The  House  then  (at  12  o'clock  and  13  minutes  p.  in.)  ad- 
journed. 


EULOGIES. 


FEBRUARY  4,  1893. 

The  SPEAKER.     The  Clerk  will  read  the  special  order. 
The  Clerk  read  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  Saturday,  the  4th  of  February,  1893,  beginning  at  3  p.  m., 
be  set  apart  for  the  purpose  of  paying  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  Hon. 
JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  deceased,  lately  a  Representative  from  the  Tenth  dis- 
trict of  Kentucky. 

Mr.  McCREARY.  Mr.  Speaker,  I  offer  the  resolutions  which 
I  send  to  the  desk. 
The  resolutions  were  read,  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  the  business  of  the  H  ouse  of  Representatives  be  now  sus- 
pended that  opportunity  may  be  given  for  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Hon. 
JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  late  a  Representative  from  the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  further  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  de- 
ceased and  in  recognition  of  his  eminent  ability  as  a  distinguished  public 
servant,  the  House  of  Representatives,  at  the  conclusion  of  these  memorial 
services,  shall  stand  adjourned. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  communicate  these  resolutions  to  the  Senate. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  send  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  the  family 
of  the  deceased. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  MCCREARY,  OF  KENTUCKY. 

Mr.  SPEAKER  :  The  death  roll  of  public  men  is  lengthening 
rapidly,  and  in  Congress,  as  in  every  sphere  of  life,  we  are  con- 
tinually reminded  that  "in  the  midst  of  life  we  are  in  death." 

The  regular  business  of  the  House  of  Kepresentatives  is  sus- 
pended now  in  order  that  we  may  pay  tribute  to  the  memory 
of  one  of  the  noblest  and  truest  and  best  of  men.  While  at 


6          Address  of  Mr.  McCreary,  of  Kentucky,  on  the 

his  post  of  duty,  in  the  prime  and  vigor  of  splendid  manhood, 
and  in  the  midst  of  plans  and  hopes  and  comprehensive  pur- 
poses, Hon.  JOHN  W.  KENDALL  suddenly  died  on  the  7th  of 
March,  1892. 

He  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  Kentucky,  June  26,  1834. 
Beared  among  people  who  loved  liberty,  honor,  and  virtue,  he 
was  a  true  type  of  a  chivalrous,  honorable,  patriotic  Kentuck- 
ian. 

As  a  citizen  he  was  kind,  obliging,  and  sympathetic.  In  his 
dealings  with  men  he  was  just  and  fair,  and  he  illustrated  as 
well  as  any  man  I  have  ever  known,  his  belief  in  the  beautiful 
maxim,  "Do  your  duty  to  God,  yourself,  and  your  fellow-man, 
and  leave  the  rest  to  Him  who  doeth  all  things  well." 

As  a  lawyer  he  ranked  among  the  first  in  his  section  of  the 
State.  When  just  eligible  he  was  elected  by  the  voters  of  his 
native  county  to  the  office  of  county  attorney.  He  discharged 
every  duty  that  devolved  on  him  with  such  ability  and  fidelity 
that  he  soon  became  distinguished  at  the  bar  and  was  reflected 
county  attorney  without  opposition.  Later  in  life  he  was  elect- 
ed Commonwealth's  attorney  at  the  judicial  district  in  which 
he  resided,  embracing  a  number  of  counties,  and  he  was  con- 
spicuous for  the  earnestness,  ability,  and  courage  with  which 
he  advocated  law  and  order  and  brought  criminals  to  justice. 

In  the  late  civil  war  Mr.  KENDALL  entered  the  military  serv- 
ice of  the  Confederate  States  at  the  very  commencement  of 
hostilities  and  served  as  a  private  soldier  in  the  Fifth  Kentucky 
Infantry  and  later  as  lieutenant  and  adjutant  of  the  Tenth 
Kentucky  Cavalry. 

He  was  a  brave  and  faithful  soldier,  and  after  the  war  closed 
he  returned  to  his  home  with  the  confidence,  respect,  and  love 
of  his  comrades. 

He  was  twice  elected  to  represent  Morgan  County  in  the  leg- 
islature of  the  State  of  Kentucky,  and  was  quite  prominent 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall,  7 

because  of  his  able  and  earnest  advocacy  of  measures  to  pro- 
mote education,  internal  improvements,  and  geological  devel- 
opment. 

In  1890  he  was  elected  a  Representative  in  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States  from  the  Tenth  Congressional  district  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  was  discharging  his  duties  as  a  faithful,  earnest, 
zealous,  conscientious  Eepresentative  when  he  was  suddenly 
stricken  down. 

He  married  Martha  A.  Davidson,  of  Floyd  County,  Ky., 
in  1860,  and  was  blessed  above  measure  in  the  sweet  and  ten- 
der companionship  of  a  wife  who  was  devoted  to  him  for  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  She  was  with  him  in  loving  affec- 
tion  to  the  end,  and  the  vow  "  Till  death  do  us  part "  was  sa- 
credly kept. 

I  served  in  the  same  army  with  Hon.  JOHN  W.  KENDALL. 
He  was  my  brother  member  two  terms  in  the  Kentucky  legis- 
lature, and  he  was  my  colleague  in  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States.  Few  of  his  friends  knew  him  better  or  appreciated 
him  more  than  I  did.  I  knew  him  to  be  a  devoted  friend,  a 
worthy  citizen,  a  faithful  officer,  an  honest  man.  He  was  also 
a  thorough  American  and  a  true  patriot.  Proud  of  his  own 
State  and  devoted  to  its  progress  and  improvement,  he  also 
studied  the  interest  of  the  whole  Republic,  and  was  ready  at 
all  times  by  proper  national  legislation  to  promote  the  pros- 
perity and  greatness  of  the  whole  country. 

For  thirty-seven  years,  without  "variableness  or  shadow  of 
turning,"  he  was  a  staunch  Democrat  and  honestly  believed 
the  teachings  and  principles  of  his  party  would  best  promote 
the  happiness  of  the  people  and  the  welfare  of  the  country. 
He  spoke  often  and  ably  in  behalf  of  Democratic  principles, 
and  he  was  always  courteous,  just,  and  fair  to  his  political 
opponents. 

Every  chapter  of  history  teaches  the  wonderful  truth  that 


8  Address  of  Mr.  Paynter,  of  Kentucky,  on  the 

"  the  paths  of  glory  lead  but  to  the  grave,"  and  this  is  singu- 
larly applicable  to  him  whose  memory  we  honor  to-day 

He  had  been  filled  with  an  honorable  ambition  for  years  to 
represent  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  the  district  in 
which  he  was  born  and  reared,  and  in  which  his  family  and  his 
wife's  family  had  become  prominent. 

After  one  year  of  service  as  Congressman  his  path  of  honor 
and  glory  terminated  suddenly  at  the  grave. 

The  yearnings  of  human  nature  are  the  same  everywhere. 
The  great  Napoleon,  when  life's  fitful  fever  was  nearly  ended, 
wrote  as  his  last  message:  "I  desire  to  be  buried  on  the  banks 
of  the  Seine,  in  the  midst  of  the  people  I  have  loved  so  well." 

Mr.  KENDALL  was  devotedly  attached  to  his  people  and  his 
native  county.  In  accordance  with  his  wishes  he  was  buried 
in  his  native  county,  where  he  was  born  and  reared  and  hon- 
ored, among  the  people  he  loved  so  well. 

We  bow  with  humble  resignation  to  the  summons  that  so 
suddenly  called  him  away,  and  we  invoke  Divine  blessings  on 
the  bereaved  widow  and  sorrowing  children  of  our  dead  col- 
league and  friend. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  PAYNTER,  OF  KENTUCKY. 

Mr.  SPEAKER:  "But  kings  and  mightiest  potentates  must 
die,  for  that  is  the  end  of  human  misery." 

Death  visits  the  hovel  and  palace  alike.  The  abodes  of  the 
powerful,  moral,  cultivated,  and  intellectual  people  are  made 
desolate  like  those  of  the  weak,  immoral,  base,  and  ignorant. 
One  of  the  best  inclinations  of  the  human  heart  is  to  speak 
kindly  of  the  dead.  If  we  could  speak  nothing  but  evil  it 
would  be  better  that  silence  should  be  forever  maintained. 
To  pay  a  just  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  dead  is  a  sad  pleas- 
ure. 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  9 

I  shall  speak  briefly  but  truthfully  of  my  late  colleague 
JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  who  first  saw  the  light  and  was  reared  in 
that  section  of  Kentucky  where  heroic  manhood  exists;  where 
nature  has  bestowed  wealth  with  a  prodigal  hand;  a  section 
of  the  country  rich  in  mineral  and  agriculture,  beautiful  and 
picturesque.  The  people  inhabiting  it  are  honest,  frugal,  in- 
telligent, and  patriotic.  Amid  these  surroundings  he  grew  to 
manhood,  inspiring  him  with  a  love  of  his  section  of  the 
country  and  devotion  to  its  people.  He  was  ever  proud  of  the 
fact  that  he  was  born  in  the  mountainous  section  of  Kentucky. 
He  loved  the  people  who  had  always  been  generous  in  the 
bestowal  of  their  confidence  upon  him. 

Nature  had  been  kind  in  its  gifts  to  him.  He  was  a  man  of 
physical  energy  and  mental  force.  He  was  not  born  to  luxury 
and  ease.  His  early  experience  taught  him  that  he  was  cast 
upon  a  great  battlefield,  where  no  victory  is  won  or  success 
achieved  except  by  heroic  effort  in  the  stern  shocks  of  its  bat- 
tles. Ambitious,  he  sought  the  conflict ;  courageous,  he  fought 
heroically ;  intelligent,  he  directed  his  efforts  wisely,  thus  win- 
ning victories  and  accomplishing  success. 

He  did  not  have  a  collegiate  education.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  his  State  and  at  the  academy  at 
O  wingsville,  Ky.  He  was  a  man  of  varied  information.  On  the 
hustings  he  was  forceful,  pleasing,  and  captivating.  As  an  ad- 
vocate in  criminal  cases  he  won  success  and  fame.  He  liked 
the  criminal  practice  because  it  gave  him  a  wider  field  for  the 
display  of  his  gifts  as  an  advocate.  He  cast  his  fortunes  with 
the  South  in  the  late  civil  war,  and  was  a  brave  and  gallant 
soldier. 

He  sought  the  suffrages  of  his  fellow-citizens,  who  gratified 
his  ambition  by  twice  electing  him  county  attorney  of  his  na- 
tive county,  twice  elected  him  member  of  the  Kentucky  legisla- 
ture, once  Commonwealth's  attorney  for  the  thirteenth  judicial 
district  of  Kentucky,  and  by  electing  him  a  member  of  the 


10         Address  of  Mr.  Paynter,  of  Kentucky,  on  the 

Fifty-second  Congress.  As  county  and  Commonwealth  attor- 
ney he  discharged  his  duties  ably  and  well.  His  administra- 
tion of  these  offices  merited  and  received  the  approval  of  the 
people. 

As  a  member  of  the  legislature  he  displayed  marked  ability, 
winning  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  people  of  the  State. 
As  a  member  of  the  Fifty-second  Congress  he  entered  this 
House  in  December,  1891,  with  no  acquaintance  among  its 
membership  except  with  part  of  the  members  from  his  own 
State.  He  died  on  the  7th  day  of  March,  1892.  He  was  con- 
stant in  his  attendance  on  the  sessions  of  the  House  until  his 
death.  He  seemed  intent  on  understanding  the  various  meas- 
ures considered  by  the  House  and  in  mastering  the  details  of 
legislation. 

He  was  modest  and  unassuming  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 
He  had  no  opportunity  during  his  brief  service  in  the  House  to 
acquaint  his  colleagues  with  the  capacity  for  the  service  for 
which  his  people  had  selected  him.  Doubtless  had  he  lived  to 
the  end  of  his  term  he  would  have  met  with  the  expectations 
of  his  most  sanguine  friends,  and  have  been  useful  to  his  con- 
stituency and  to  his  country. 

The  career  of  Mr.  KENDALL,  in  public  affairs  has  not  given 
him  the  wide  fame  that  it  has  been  the  fortune  of  others  to 
acquire;  his  distinction  at  the  bar  may  not  have  been  so  great 
as  others  have  won,  but  it  can  be  truthfully  said  that  he  filled 
every  position  ably  and  well  to  which  his  country  called  him, 
and  that  he  was  true  and  loyal  to  his  clients,  rendering  them 
able  and  satisfactory  service.  As  a  friend  he  was  devoted  and 
true.  As  a  citizen  he  was  honest  and  patriotic.  He  was  a 
devoted  husband,  a  kind  and  indulgent  father. 

I  was  a  member  of  the  committee  which  accompanied  the 
body  to  Kentucky  for  interment.  I  then  learned  that  the 
esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  neighbors  and  friends  was 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  1 1 

tender  and  affectionate.  His  body  now  lies  beneath  the  sod  in 
the  section  of  the  country  he  loved  so  well,  near  the  place 
where  his  youthful  imagination  was  excited  by  the  beautiful 
and  picturesque,  in  the  midst  of  friends  who  will  keep  his  grave 
green  and  his  memory  in  fondest  recollection.  "  Best  is  sweet 
after  strife." 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  CARUTH,  OF  KENTUCKY. 

Mr.  SPEAKER  :  The  badges  of  mourning  worn  by  the  living 
to  the  memory  of  the  dead,  the  pall  which  covers  the  bier,  the 
flowers  which  loving,  mournful  hands  strew  upon  the  coffin  of 
those  who  have  passed  through  time  into  eternity,  bear  testi- 
mony that  death  does  not  end  all,  but  that  memory  lives  to 
cherish  the  virtues  and  recall  the  deeds  of  the  departed  one. 

There  is  that  in  our  nature  which  revolts  at  the  thought  that 
our  dead  should  sleep  in  forgotten  places  and  lie  in  unmarked 
graves.  Affection's  loving  hands  rear  over  them  the  monu- 
mental marble  and  trace  thereon  the  record  of  their  lives,  so 
that  posterity  may  note  the  spot  where  they  sleep  and  recall 
their  names  and  deeds. 

The  general  who  has  led  an  army  to  victory  and  preserved, 
perhaps,  the  liberty  of  the  nation,  the  wise  ruler  who  has  so 
shaped  his  country's  course  that  it  has  moved  on  to  prosperity 
and  wealth,  the  stateman  who  by  wise  counsel,  in  a  trying 
hour,  has  benefited  his  government  and  gained  distinction, 
lives  not  only  in  history,  song,  and  story,  but  his  memory  is 
preserved  in  towering  marble  and  monumental  brass.  Their 
memories  are  thus  preserved,  not  only  to  honor  the  dead,  but 
that  their  example  may  arouse  the  emulation  and  stimulate 
the  ambition  of  those  who  come  after  them  to  deeds  of  valor, 
of  wisdom,  and  of  patriotism. 


12  Address  of  Mr.  Caruth,  of  Kentucky,  on  the 

In  a  government  like  ours,  "  of  the  people,  for  the  people,  and 
by  the  people,"  how  important  it  is  to  teach  by  such  examples 
as  these  that  the  citizen  lives  not  alone  for  the  selfish,  sordid 
ends  of  existence,  but  for  the  good  of  his  country  and  the 
preservation  of  its  liberties. 

It  is  not  only  to  show  our  respect  for  the  memory  of  the  dead 
who  had  been  chosen  the  lawmakers  for  their  particular  sec- 
tions and  by  association  with  us  commanded  our  respect  and 
won  our  regard  that  we  cease  for  the  time  our  labors  and 
voice  our  opinion  of  their  lives,  but  it  is  also  to  place  on  per- 
petual record  the  narrative  of  their  careers,  to  tell  the  work 
they  have  accomplished,  the  deeds  they  have  performed,  in 
order  that  they. may  be  examples  to  the  ambitious  sons  of  the 
Republic  who  seek  to  follow  in  their  steps. 

In  eight  lines  of  the  Congressional  Directory  is  told  in  these 
modest  words  the  story  of  the  life  of  JOHN  W.  KENDALL  : 

John  W.  Kendall,  of  West  Liberty,  was  born  in  Morgan  (now  Elliott) 
County,  Ky.,  June  26, 1834 ;  attended  the  country  schools  and  the  Owings- 
ville  Academy;  studied  law  with  Judge  W.  H.  Burns,  of  West  Liberty, 
afterwards  of  Virginia;  twice  elected  county  attorney  of  Morgan;  first 
lieutenant  and  adjutant  of  the  Tenth  Kentucky  Confederate  Cavalry, 
and  served  throughput  the  Avar;  twice  a  member  of  the  Kentucky  legisla- 
ture; six  years  commonwealth  attorney  for  the  thirteenth  judicial  dis- 
trict; elected  to  the  Fifty-second  Congress. 

Iii  these  few  lines,  what  a  record  of  a  busy,  useful,  and  am- 
bitious career !  How  full  of  the  struggles  and  triumphs  of 
life !  His  opportunities  for  early  education  were  but  limited. 
No  college  gave  him  its  diploma;  no  university  conferred  upon 
him  its  degree  and  testified  to  his  fitness  to  enter  the  field  of 
professional  labor  he  had  chosen ;  but  there  was  in  him  the 
determination  to  succeed,  and  at  the  close  of  his  life  it  can  be 
said  he  aspired  to  no  position  to  which  he  did  not  eventually 
attain.  That  he  was  a  good  soldier  his  promotion  in  the  cause 
he  so  valiantly  and  conscientiously  espoused  bears  testimony. 
That  he  was  a  good  lawyer  is  evidenced  by  his  elevation  to  the 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W,  Kendall.  13 

office  of  attorney  of  his  county  and  afterwards  commonwealth 
attorney  of  his  judicial  district. 

That  he  was  a  good  citizen,  rich  in  the  confidence  of  his  neigh- 
bors, is  shown  by  his  election  and  reelection  as  a  member  of  the 
general  assembly  of  Kentucky.  That  he  was  a  wise  counselor, 
beloved  of  the  people,  is  testified  by  the  regard  in  which  he  was 
held  by  the  citizens  of  the  sixteen  counties  of  his  district,  in 
giving  him  the  most  important  office  their  votes  could  confer 
and  accrediting  him,  as  their  representative,  in  the  highest 
lawmaking  body  of  the  nation. 

We,  his  colleagues,  who  knew  him  before  his  coming  here, 
watched  him  with  interest;  we  knew  that  he  was  ambitious: 
we  knew  that  in  all  the  stations  he  had  occupied  in  life  he  had 
been  true  and  faithful  so  as  to  win  the  approval  of  his  people, 
and  we  saw  him  enter  on  his  Congressional  career  determined 
to  acquire  a  full  knowledge  of  the  rules  of  procedure  of  the  House 
so  that  he  could  so  discharge  the  duties  of  a  Representative 
that  he  could  return  to  the  people  with  a  clear  conscience  and 
hear  the  plaudit,  "Well  done,  thou  good  and  faithful  servant." 
But  how  true  it  is,  "Man  proposes  and  God  disposes."  His 
career  here  was  soon  to  end;  he  was  accustomed  to  the  free, 
pure  air  of  his  native  mountains,  and  in  the  vitiated,  confined 
atmosphere  of  this  Chamber  he  could  not  live. 

At  that  desk  in  December  he  took  the  oath  of  membership ; 
in  March,  without  warning,  disease's  heavy  hand  struck  him 
down  and  death  claimed  him.  His  busy  useful  life  was  ended 
and  earth's  struggles  were  over.  The  blasts  of  March  blighted 
the  buds  of  promise — they  withered  and  died.  Many  in  this 
Chamber  never  met  the  genial,  whole-souled,  and  clever  gen- 
tleman or  felt  in  friendship  his  hearty  grasp,  but  those  who 
did  respected  and  honored  him. 

His  mortal  remains  were  borne  to  their  last  resting  place 
amid  the  mountains  of  eastern  Kentucky  and  laid  at  rest 


14       Address  of  Mr.  Bunn,  of  North  Carolina,  on  the 

among  the  people  who  knew  and  loved  him  all  his  life,  and 
many  a  sincere  tear  wet  the  sod  that  covered  his  dust.  In 
token  of  their  regard  that  people  by  a  unanimous  nomination 
and  almost  a  unimous  vote  sent  here  as  his  successor  the  son 
about  whom  his  fondest  hopes  clustered. 

His  life  tells  its  own  story,  a  story  of  well-directed  ambition 
and  well-earned  success.  In  future  years  around  many  an  old- 
fashioned  Kentucky  fireside  the  father  will  gather  his  children 
around  him  and  tell  in  feelling  tones  the  history  of  the  life 
struggles  and  success  of  JOHN  W.  KENDALL,,  who  lived  for 
his  people  and  laid  down  his  life  in  their  cause. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  BUM,  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

Mr.  SPEAKER  :  We  are  performing  a  sacred  duty  when  we 
pause  amid  our  public  services  and  lay  aside  for  the  time  being 
our  daily  routine  of  business  in  order  to  pay  our  last  tribute  of 
respect  to  the  memory  of  a  good  man  and  faithful  public  serv- 
ant. This  is  a  time-honored  custom  which  should  always  be 
observed,  not  alone  for  the  purpose  of  paying  tribute  to  the 
memories  of  departed  friends,  but  of  utilizing  their  good  ex- 
amples of  life  in  rendering  better  the  lives  of  those  who  survive 
them. 

Mr.  Speaker,  my  acquaintance  with  the  late  Mr.  KENDALL, 
in  honor  of  whose  memory  these  proceedings  are  now  being 
held,  began  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  Congress.  We 
were  both  appointed  members  of  the  Committee  on  Claims, 
and  my  position  as  chairman  of  that  committee  soon  brought 
me  in  close  relations  with  him  and  afforded  me  an  opportunity 
to  learn  and  admire  his  admirable  traits  of  character  and  to 
appreciate  his  invaluable  services. 

There  is  no  committee  of  this  House  whose  duties  are  so 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  1 5 

well  calculated  to  test  the  patience,  the  firmness,  and  integ- 
rity of  a  member  as  the  Committee  011  Claims,  yet  under  all 
circumstances,  no  matter  whether  the  claim  was  for  an  insig- 
nificant amount  or  for  millions  of  dollars,  when  referred  to 
Mr.  KENDALL,  he  was  always  found  exhibiting  the  same  de- 
gree of  patience,  care,  and  even-handed  justice  to  one  as  to  the 
other.  I  never  knew  a  more  honorable  and  conscientious  man, 
and  his  straightforward,  manly,  and  courteous  course  com- 
manded the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him. 

It  should,  therefore,  be  no  matter  of  surprise  that  one  pos- 
sessing his  noble  qualities  of  head  and  heart  should  enjoy  in 
so  eminent  a  degree  the  affection  and  confidence  of  his  con- 
stituents. Whilst  he  was  firm  in  his  political  convictions,  and 
occupied  no  doubtful  grounds  on  public  questions,  yet  his 
sense  of  fairness  and  justice  was  so  well  established  that  his 
popularity  was  not  confined  to  the  members  of  his  own  party. 

Mr.  KENDALL  filled  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust  in 
his  native  State,  and  the  fact  that  he  retained  the  confidence 
of  those  who  knew  him  best  is  the  very  highest  evidence  that 
he  was  worthy  of  that  confidence  and  affection  which  they 
felt  for  him,  and  which  they  will  ever  entertain  for  his  honored 
name. 

Those  gentlemen,  Mr.  Speaker,  who  have  had  the  opportu- 
nity of  becoming  more  intimately  acquainted  with  the  private 
relations  and  character  of  our  deceased  friend,  and  who  have 
longer  known  the  history  of  his  public  career,  are  better  pre- 
pared to  speak  in  detail  of  his  private  and  public  virtues  than 
I  am.  But  they  can  not  have  a  higher  opinion  of  his  exalted 
worth  or  greater  respect  for  his  sacred  memory. 

Kentucky,  we  all  know,  has  produced  a  long  list  of  distin- 
guished and  patriotic  sons,  whose  names  are  proudly  con- 
nected with  the  history  of  our  country,  yet  none  have  been 
more  patriotic  or  more  faithful  in  the  performance  of  duty  than 


16    Address  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Stone,  of  Pennsylvania,  on  the 

JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  whose  memory  we  this  day  commemorate. 
He  was  in  every  sense  a  true  patriot,  and  while  he  entertained 
an  intense  love  for  his  own  State,  he  was  broad-minded  and 
generous  in  his  views,  and  encouraged  every  movement  that 
would  advance  the  prosperity  of  the  whole  country. 

But  his  honorable  and  useful  life  is  ended.  To  us  who  served 
with  him  in  this  Hall,  and  especially  to  those  who  served  with 
him  in  the  committee  room,  and  knew  him  so  well,  his  death 
was  full  of  sadness.  He  was  taken  away  in  the  midst  of  his 
usefulness,  and  his  family,  his  State,  and  his  country  have 
sustained  a  great  loss. 

He  now  rests  in  the  silent  tomb  on  his  native  soil  at  the 
home  of  his  beloved  family,  to  whom  he  has  left  the  rich  inher- 
itance of  a  high  and  honorable  reputation,  a  bright  example, 
and  a  spotless  name. 

The  silver  cord  is  loosened,  the  golden  bowl  is  broken,  the 
dust  has  returned  to  the  earth  as  it  was,  and  the  spirit  unto 
God  who  gave  it. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  CHARLES  W.  STONE,  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

Mr.  SPEAKEE  :  I  do  not  now  recall  how  nor  when  I  first  be- 
came acquainted  with  Mr.  KENDALL.  We  were  together  on 
no  committee  and  were  not  in  unison  politically,  but  he  sat 
near  me  and  the  one  intervening  seat  between  us  was  often 
vacant  and  gradually  I  came  to  know  and  know  fairly  well  the 
quiet,  dignified,  and  rather  reserved  gentleman  who  had  be- 
come my  neighbor  on  the  floor  of  this  House,  and  with  ac- 
quaintance came  respect,  esteem,  and  friendship. 

He  was  not  demonstrative,  he  sought  no  new  acquaintances, 
he  made  no  speeches,  and  took  no  prominent  part  in  the  de- 
liberations of  this  body,  but  he  was  generally  in  his  seat,  at- 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  17 

tentive  to  his  duties,  standing  consistently  by  his  party  prin- 
ciples and  by  his  votes  faithfully  voicing  the  sentiments  of  his 
constituents. 

He  impressed  me  with  his  candor,  fairness,  and  honesty  of 
purpose,  his  self-poise  and  amiability  of  disposition,  his  high 
sense  of  honor,  his  straightforward  integrity  of  character. 

Before  coming  here  he  had  been  a  lawyer  in  active  practice, 
traveling  through  the  whole  ten  counties  forming  the  circuit 
in  which  he  lived,  breathing  the  pure,  bracing  air  of  his  na- 
tive mountains,  mingling  freely  with  the  plain  people  who 
knew  and  trusted  him,  but  here  the  methods  of  legislation 
were  to  him  new  and  not  altogether  congenial,  and  the  very 
atmosphere  seemed  oppressive. 

He  had  the  appearance  of  ruddy  health,  but  he  lacked  the  ani- 
mation and  vivacity  and  aggressive  energy  of  a  well  man. 

He  felt  the  constraint  of  new  surroundings  and  changed  rela- 
tions, and  he  was  not  here  long  enough  to  attain  that  famil- 
iarity with  our  peculiar  complex  parliamentary  methods  neces- 
sary to  the  greatest  efficiency  as  a  member  of  this  body.  He 
was  not  without  ambition  and  his  purpose  to  take  part  in  the 
discussion  of  questions  before  the  House  was  fully  formed,  but 
he  felt  the  limitations  and  constraint  which  the  unwritten 
laws  of  this  body  cast  about  the  new  member.  What  he  might 
have  done  in  longer  service  no  one  can  tell.  What  he  would 
have  accomplished  for  his  people  and  the  nation  no  one  can 
predict.  An  all-wise  Providence  whose  decrees  are  inscrut- 
able denied  him  opportunity  and  lifted  from  him  responsibility. 

Why  this  was  done  we,  his  associates,  who  were  coming  to 
know  and  esteem  him,  his  constituents  who  with  implicit  trust 
and  confidence  had  placed  their  interests  in  his  hands,  his  sor- 
rowing family  who  clustered  around  him  with  all  that  love  and 
devotion  which  a  true  husband  and  exemplary  father  com- 
manded, can  not  understand.  Why  he  should  be  taken  in  the 

H.  Mis.  100 2 


18   Address  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Stone,  of  Pennsylvania,  on  the 

maturity  and  fullness  of  his  powers  and  just  on  the  threshold 
of  his  national  career  no  one  can  explain. 

To  his  friends  and  to  Ms  associates  his  death  is  a  loss,  sad, 
inexplicable,  and  unrelieved  by  any  compensating  considera- 
tion j  but  to  him  death  came,  as  the  wise  man  would  wish  it  to 
come,  in  the  fullness  of  his  usefulness  and  strength,  with  no 
oppressive  and  burdensome  prelude  of  enforced  feebleness, 
powerlessness,  and  uselessness,  no  burden  of  prolonged  pain 
and  suffering. 

To  us  the  message  of  death  was  a  rude  shock ;  to  him  its 
hand  was  gentle  as  the  caressing  child.  We  who  mourn  him 
can  not  free  ourselves  from  the  sense  of  personal  loss  and  sor- 
row, nor  refuse  to  recognize  the  solemn  and  oft-repeated  admo- 
nition of  the  uncertainty  of  life  and  the  instability  of  all  things 
human,  but  in  itself  death  need  be  no  somber  specter,  no  inex- 
orable foe,  no  relentless  tyrant. 

What  is  death?     Oh,  what  is  death? 
'T  is  the  snapping  of  the  chain, 

'T  is  the  breaking  of  the  howl, 
7T  is  relief  from  every  pain, 

'T  is  freedom  to  the  soul, 
'T  is  the  setting  of  the  sun, 

To  rise  again  to-morrow, 
A  brighter  course  to  run, 

Nor  sink  again  to  sorrow. 
Such  is  death ;  yes,  such  is  death. 

What  is  death?     Oh,  what  is  death? 
'T  is  slumber  to  the  weary, 

'T  is  rest  to  the  forlorn, 
'T  is  shelter  to  the  dreary, 

'T  is  peace  amid  the  storm, 
;T  is  entrance  to  our  home, 

'T  is  passage  to  that  God 
Who  bids  His  children  come 

When  their  weary  course  is  trod. 
Such  is  death ;  yes,  such  is  death. 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  19 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  MCKINNEY,  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE, 

Mr.  SPEAKER  :  My  heart  prompts  me  to  speak  a  word  in 
eulogy  of  our  late  associate  in  this  House,  Hon.  JOHN  W.  KEN- 
DALL. I  had  not  known  him  until  the  meeting  of  this  Con- 
gress. He  had  chosen  a  seat  next  to  my  own,  and  a  warm 
friendship  soon  sprang  up  between  us.  I  found  in  him  a  gentle- 
man whose  acquaintance  I  was  glad  to  cultivate.  Genial  in 
his  character,  pleasant  in  his  associations,  it  was  a  pleasure  to 
meet  him  and  receive  his  hearty  greetings. 

His  services  in  this  House  were  limited,  and  he  had  not  had 
an  opportunity  to  impress  himself  upon  his  fellow-members; 
yet  those  who  knew  him  best  felt  that  he  would  make  a  valu- 
able member  of  this  body.  He  was  a  faithful  representative 
of  his  people,  constantly  engaged  in  looking  after  their  inter- 
ests, as  well  as  the  interests  of  the  Avhole  people. 

He  had  long  served  his  people  in  other  positions  of  trust  and 
honor,  as  county  attorney,  as  a  member  of  the  Legislature, 
and  as  Commonwealth's  attorney,  and  by  his  faithful  services 
in  these  positions,  as  their  honored  servant  and  representative, 
his  people  were  inspired  to  confer  upon  him  greater  honors  by 
sending  him  to  the  halls  of  the  National  Legislature,  where  he 
might  make  his  influence  felt  in  a  broader  field  of  usefulness. 
Had  his  life  been  spared  he  would  have  shown  that  their  con- 
fidence had  not  been  misplaced. 

He  was  a  modest  man  and  unassuming,  believing  in  that 
principle  which  has  made  our  country  great,  that  the  people 
shall  rule,  and  by  his  conduct  exemplifying  the  precept  of  the 
Master,  "The  servant  is  not  greater  than  his  master." 

He  was  a  broad-minded  man;  there  was  no  bigotry  in  his 
make-up,  and  he  always  exercised  the  broadest  charity  in  judg- 
ing his  fellows.  He  was  a  Christian  man,  a  member  of  the 


20  Address  of  Mr.  Wilson,  of  Kentiicky,  on  the 

Methodist  Church,  and  had  a  deep  and  abiding  trust  in  God 
and  a  broad  hope  of  immortality. 

While  true  to  his  chosen  church  and  the  faith  it  inculcated,  yet 
he  recognized  as  within  the  pale  of  God's  love  and  mercy  all  who 
believed  and  trusted  in  him,  of  whatever  church  or  faith.  He 
had  little  warning  of  the  end.  He  was  in  his  seat  on  Saturday, 
seemingly  in  his  usual  health,  cheerful  and  happy.  On  Sunday 
morning,  as  the  rays  of  the  sunlight  illumined  the  eastern  sky, 
he  was  stricken  down. 

He  heard  not  the  bells  that  day  that  called  the  faithful  to 
worship,  and  when  the  sun  sank  beneath  the  western  hori/on 
and  the  shadows  gathered  over  the  city  his  soul  went  out, 
the 'shadows  vanished  before  him,  and  the  light  of  eternal  day 
flashed  its  glory  on  his  immortal  vision.  Kindly  hands  laid  his 
body  in  his  native  soil,  where  he  rests  from  his  earthly  labors, 
but  his  works  shall  still  live  in  the  memories  of  those  who  knew 
him.  I  can  pronounce  no  greater  eulogy  on  his  character  than 
to  say  he  was  an  honest,  manly  man. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  WILSON,  OF  KENTUCKY. 

Mr.  SPEAKER:  Having  represented  the  Tenth  district  of 
Kentucky  in  the  Fifty-first  Congress  and  the  late  Hon.  J.  W. 
KENDALL  having  been  my  successor  as  a  Eepresentative  of 
that  district,  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  testify  to  his  worth  as  a  pri- 
vate citizen  and  to  his  honorable  career  as  a  servant  of  the 
people. 

As  a  child  of  poverty  he  was  not  ashamed  of  his  surround- 
ings, and  as  one  fighting  for  existence  and  supremacy  he  ex- 
hibited that  courage  and  persistence  characteristic  of  the 
mountaineer,  which  has  been  faithfully  portrayed  in  prose  and 
song  by  the  writers  of  all  ages. 

Impulsive,  he  made  no  concealment  of  his  convictions,  and, 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  21 

reliable,  he  could  always  be  depended  upon  as  a  friend  or  a 
foe.  He  was  never  on  the  top  rail  watching  on  which  side 
might  be  found  the  plums  of  official  and  political  preferment. 
He  never  was  found  waiting  for  the  band  wagon,  nor  did  he 
wait  to  learn  how  the  people  stood,  but  his  career  shows  that 
he  was  a  leader,  always  true  to  his  convictions  and  not,  as  a 
straw  by  the  wind,  blown  from  side  to  side  by  the  political 
winds  which  frequently  sweep  over  the  country,  making  and 
unmaking  so  many  unworthy  servants  of  the  people. 

His  convictions  led  him  to  enter  the  Confederate  army  early 
in  the  struggle,  and  as  a  bold  and  daring  rider  he  had  the  con- 
fidence of  his  comrades,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  returned 
to  his  home  to  again,  as  it  were,  start  on  the  journey  of  life. 

As  a  lawyer  he  was  true  to  his  clients,  and,  having  been 
elected  a  public  prosecutor,  he  upheld  the  majesty  of  the  law 
and  was  a  terror  to  the  lawbreaker. 

As  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  he  was  a  faithful  and 
consistent  representative  of  his  people  and  his  section. 

For  years  he  had  an  ambition  to  be  a  member  of  Congress, 
and  more  than  once  was  defeated  in  his  efforts  to  be  the  nomi- 
nee of  his  party,  and  after  his  ambition  in  that  direction  had 
been  gratified  he  said  to  me  in  this  Hall  that  he  was  not  only 
surprised  at  the  duties  required  of  him  as  a  member  of  Con- 
gress, but  was  disappointed  in  his  conceptions  as  to  the  oppor- 
tunity afforded  to  do  that  which  was  desired. 

He  quickly  saw  the  difference  between  a  State  Legislature 
and  the  House  of  Representatives  of  a  great  Government  like 
ours.  He  fully  understood  the  situation,  and  frankly  said  to 
me  that  if  he  lived  he  might  be  a  candidate  for  reelection,  and 
with  that  he  would  retire  from  the  arena  of  national  politics. 
Only  two  days  before  his  unexpected  death,  at  his  request  I 
went  with  him  to  the  Pension  Office  and  Post-Office  Depart- 
ment in  the  interest  of  his  constituents. 


22  Address  of  Mr.  Smith,  of  Illinois,  on  the 

At  the  Pension  Office  he  was  looking  after  the  interest  of 
some  pensioner,  and  said  to  me  that,  although  he  was  a  Confed- 
erate soldier  and  was  not  ashamed  of  his  record  as  such,  yet 
he  was  glad  that  the  war  resulted  as  it  did  and  that  he  was  not 
opposed  to  pensions  to  Union  soldiers.  His  domestic  life  was 
happy,  and  while  here  in  this  city  he  was  unostentatious,  mod- 
est, and  temperate. 

From  his  frequent  conversations  with  me  I  was  pleased  to 
learn  that  although  we  differed  politically  he  regarded  me  as 
his  friend  and  had  respect  for  my  opinions. 

I  was  shocked  to  hear  of  his  death,  so  hale  and  hearty  did 
he  appear  only  a  few  hours  before,  and  it  was  with  exceeding 
regret  that  I  was  unable  to  accompany  his  remains  to  his  home 
in  West  Liberty,  Morgan  County,  Ky. 

In  conclusion,  I  can  say  that  it  was  a  just  tribute  to  his  mem- 
ory when  the  people  he  represented  elected  as  his  successor 
his  son,  the  Hon.  JOSEPH  M.  KENDALL,  and  it  is  gratifying 
to  observe  that  he  has  proved  to  be  worthy  of  the  confidence 
reposed  in  him  by  the  people  who  had  so  often  honored  his 
father. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  SMITH,  OF  ILLINOIS. 

Mr.  SPEAKER  :  An  honest,  silent  tear  at  the  grave  of  a  friend 
who  has  passed  away  is  far  more  eloquent  than  all  the  eulo 
gies  which  careful  study  and  earnest  thought  have  ever  pro- 
duced. 

Life  comes  to  us  without  our  choosing,  and  that  which  we 
call  death  will,  sooner  or  later,  claim  us  whether  we  court  its 
embraces  or  try  to  ward  it  off.  To  all  who  reach  maturity  is 
given  a  work  to  do,  a  mission,  great  or  small,  to  perform. 

Some  sway  the  masses,  lead  their  fellows,  flash  across  the 
horizon  of  life  like  a  brilliant  meteor  in  a  cloudless  sky  at 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  23 

i light,  but  he  who  during'  the  time  allotted  to  him  here  has  per- 
formed his  duty  honestly,  honorably,  faithfully,  and  well  has 
in  reality  surpassed  them  all.  Usefulness  does  not  consist  so 
much  in  the  noise  we  make,  the  attention  we  attract,  or  the 
pomp  we  display  as  it  does  in  the  real,  honest  work  we  per- 
form and  the  good  we  accomplish. 

To  know  how  to  live  is  the  greatest  mystery  of  life,  and 
sometimes  it  may  to  mortals  appear  that  he  who  has  accomp- 
lished the  most  has  apparently  performed  or  done  the  least. 
Real  life  is  not  always  wisely  measured  by  mortal  ken,  but  its 
actual  merit  is  carefully  registered  by  the  invisible  Power 
which  never  falters  nor  fails  to  note  the  smallest  or  most  in- 
significant act. 

He  of  a  shrinking  nature  and  a  modest,  retiring  disposition 
may  often  perform  the  noblest  works  which  mortals  ever  ac- 
complish, and  passing  away  may  leave  as  a  legacy  to  mankind 
a  name  which  will  stand  as  a  beacon  light  to  life's  weary 
mariners  as  they  battle  with  the  waves  of  adversity  and 
wrestle  with  life's  buffeting  tide. 

Honesty  of  purpose,  integrity  in  action,  nobleness  of  deeds, 
purity  of  life,  and  a  faithful  performance  of  duty  are  the 
brightest  jewels  which  can  adorn  the  life  of  man,  and  he  who, 
as  the  twilight  of  life  is  gathering  about  him,  can  feel  and 
know  that  he  has  a  conscience  clear  and  approving  in  these 
respects  will  be  able  to  peacefully  fold  his  mantle  about  him 
and  fearlessly  await  the  change  which,  while  it  shatters  the 
mortal,  will  unfetter  the  spirit  that,  as  we  fondly  hope,  is  a 
part  and  parcel  of  that  creative  power  which  pervades  all  na- 
ture, animates  all  thought,  and  wavers  not  in  the  noting  of 
of  every  act. 

To  see  the  better  side  of  life  and  note  the  good  your  neighbor 
does  while  yet  he  treads  the  path  of  earth  would  be  a  grander 
act  than  scattering  thorns  about  his  feet  and  then  when  "  death 


24  Address  of  Mr.  Smith,  of  Illinois,  on  the 

has  kissed  Ms  eyelids  down"  and  his  fetterless  spirit  had  taken 
its  flight  to  that  mysterious  shore  where  mortal  footsteps  ne'er 
have  trod  to  laud  in  gems  of  thought  his  life  work  o'er  the  grave 
where  rest  at  last  the  tired  feet  and  pulseless  hearts  of  all. 

This  afternoon  we  pause  amidst  the  busy  scenes  of  life  to  pay 
a  fleeting  tribute  to  the  memory  of  a  worthy  man.  Standing 
near  the  line  where  shadows  kiss  the  sunshine  of  the  great  and 
unexplored  beyond,  we  think  of  him  who  lately  sat  amongst  us 
on  this  floor,  and  thought  and  felt  and  breathed  as  we  do  now, 
and  seemed  to  have  before  him  many  years  of  life;  but,  all 
unknown  to  him,  the  gathering  shadows  quickly  fell  across  his 
path,  and  then  the  march  of  time  with  him  had  ceased,  the 
windows  of  the  soul  were  closed,  and,  with  but  scarce  a  tremor 
of  his  manly  frame,  the  prison  walls  which  held  his  fettered 
soul  were  broken  down,  and  JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  was  in  earth 
life  known  no  more. 

My  associations  with  him  were  of  the  most  pleasant  character. 
From  the  time  he  entered  Congress  till  his  death  we  served  on 
the  same  committee  and  were  intimately  connected  in  all  our 
work.  He  was  a  man  of  bright  intellect,  sound  j  udgment,  char- 
itable disposition,  and  had  a  heart  as  tender  as  a  woman's.  I 
have  often  recalled  the  fact  during  all  the  time  we  were  together 
I  never  heard  him  speak  a  harsh  word  of  any  one.  He  either 
spoke  in  terms  of  respect,  commendation,  and  praise,  or  did  not 
speak  at  all.  Such  traits  are  well  worthy  the  emulation  of  every 
one;  their  cultivation  and  practice  would  throw  more  sunshine 
into  every  life  and  scatter  flowers  where  in  their  absence  naught 
but  thorns  and  thistles  grows. 

To  say  a  word  in  memory  of  our  friend  is  not  to  me  a  duty; 
?t  is  but  a  pleasure  which  I  now  perform.  Unable  longer  for 
himself  to  speak,  his  friends  at  last  can  join  and  weave  from 
memory's  threads  a  chaplet  for  him  now.  In  the  fullness  of  his 


Life  and  Character  of  John  IV.  Kendall.  25 

years  he  has  been  gathered  to  his  rest.  Devoted  to  his  friends, 
attentive  to  duty,  earnest  in  his  convictions,  an  able  lawyer, 
an  intelligent  citizen,  he  leaves  to  his  family  and  friends  the 
richest  heritage  which  earth  or  time  can  give,  a  name  untar- 
nished and  still  this  brightest  fact  of  all,  he  was  an  honest 
man. 

ADDRESS  OF  MR.  WEAVER,  OF  NEW  YORK. 

Mr.  SPEAKER  :  It  was  my  good  fortune  to  know  Hon.  JOHN 
W.  KENDALL  as  member  of  this  House  from  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky. He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Claims,  of 
which  committee  I  have  the  honor  to  be  a  member.  My  ac- 
quaintance with  Mr.  KENDALL  was  necessarily  brief,  but  ex- 
tremely pleasant,  and  I  am  frank  to  say  that  I  esteemed  him 
greatly. 

He  was  a  gentleman  of  the  highest  character,  a  brave  sol- 
dier, an  able  member  of  his  profession,  and  a  careful,  pains- 
taking, and  conscientious  legislator,  whose  services  on  his  com- 
mittee and  as  a  member  of  this  House  would  have  proved  most 
valuable,  owing  to  his  experience  in  legislative  bodies  before 
coining  to  a  wider  field,  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United  States.  From  my  personal  knowledge  of  the  man  and 
from  information  gained  from  mutual  friends,  I  am  proud  to 
say  that  his  integrity  was  above  suspicion,  and  never  did  he 
exercise  his  right  to  vote  in  this  House  or  on  any  question  be- 
fore his  committee  but  he  performed  his  duty  with  rare  intelli- 
gence and  conscientiousness. 

He  was  a  man  of  quiet  demeanor,  not  demonstrative,  but  very 
thoughtful,  and  when  once  interested  on  a  subject  of  conversa- 
tion was  capable  of  great  sociability  and  a  most  agreeable  con- 
versationalist. How  well  I  remember  my  last  visit  with  him  a 


26          Address  of  Mr.  Belknap,  of  Michigan,  on  the 

short  time  only  before  his  death.  He  served  in  the  Confederate 
army,  I  served  in  the  Union  army,  and  we  had  marched  over 
the  same  territory  many  a  time  in  his  State  of  Kentucky,  and 
he  told  me  many  anecdotes  of  the  war  and  spoke  of  many  inci- 
dents that  were  known  to  both  of  us ;  and  when  I  bade  him  adieu 
for  the  day  promised  myself  much  personal  pleasure  as  a  result 
of  our  acquaintance,  but  being  called  home  almost  immediately 
I  was  greatly  shocked  within  a  few  days  to  see  in  the  newspa- 
pers an  account  of  his  sudden  death.  In  the  death  of  Hon. 
JOHN  W.  KENDALL  his  country  lost  an  able  and  honest  Itepre- 
seutative,  his  State  a  good  citizen,  and  his  family  more  than 
can  ever  be  made  good  to  them  in  this  world. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  BELKNAP,  OF  MICHIGAN. 

Mr.  SPEAKER  :  I  can  not  let  this  occasion  pass  without  pag- 
ing my  humble  tribute  to  the  memory  of  JOHN  W.  KENDALL. 
Michigan  unites  with  Kentucky  in  sympathy  with  the  family 
of  our  deceased  brother. 

In  the  brief  time  allowed  me  I  can  not  properly  express  my 
sentiments,  my  regards,  my  admiration  of  the  man  as  a  citizen 
of  the  country,  a  soldier  of  the  Confederacy,  and  a  servant  of 
his  people. 

My  acquaintance  with  him  began  in  this  Congress.  We  oc- 
cupied seats  near  each  other.  I  found  him  an  unassuming, 
industrious  member,  almost  the  first  man  to  occupy  his  seat 
each  morning  of  the  week. 

Early  and  late,  day  after  day,  he  was  at  his  desk  laboring 
for  his  constituents.  The  hours  of  the  day  were  not  long 
enough  for  him,  but  the  hours  of  the  night  that  should  have 
been  devoted  to  rest  and  sleep  were  given  up  to  the  many  de- 
mands of  his  office. 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  27 

As  a  soldier  who  fought  in  defense  of  the  Union,  I  can  not 
help  but  have  an  admiration  for  the  men  who  fought  in  the 
ranks  upon  the  other  side.  There  has  ever  been  and  ever  will 
be  with  me  respect  and  regard  for  the  men  who  marched  and 
fought  in  the  ranks  of  the  Confederate  armies.  They  were 
brave  men,  although  they  were  wrong  and  were  fighting  in 
what  the  Union  people  of  the  country  believed  an  unholy 
cause  and  as  the  years  pass  all  people  of  the  country,  both 
North  and  South,  are  agreed  was  wrong. 

From  a  study  of  his  life  I  am  convinced  he  was  not  a  politi- 
cian in  any  sense  of  the  term.  He  was  in  his  character  too 
honest  to  be  a  politician.  But  he  was  independent  in  his  life, 
doing  as  his  own  judgment  and  conscience  dictated.  Men  who 
have  the  courage  to  think  for  themselves  are  rare,  and  it  is 
said  that  our  deceased  brother  was  one  of  that  rare  kind. 

It  is  said  of  him  that  when  war's  shrill  cry  alarmed  the  laud 
he  thought  his  duty  called  him  to  side  with  the  South.  He 
did  not  enlist  as  a  soldier  thinking  it  a  holiday  matter,  a  day's 
or  a  month's  frolic,  but  that  it  meant  serious  work.  He  en- 
listed first  in  the  Fifth  Kentucky  Infantry,  Confederate  troops. 
By  his  ability  and  industry  he  won  the  attention  of  that  master 
of  rough  riding,  John  Morgan,  and  was  made  by  him  the  ad- 
jutant of  the  Tenth  Kentucky  Cavalry.  His  service  was  in 
Kentucky,  Tennessee,  and  Virginia,  participating  in  many 
battles  and  campaigns. 

By  superb  horsemanship  and  daring  he  escaped  death  in  the 
Confederate  disaster  at  Cynthiana,  Ky.,  when  nearly  every 
other  man  was  either  killed,  wounded,  or  captured.  He  seemed 
in  all  the  years  of  the  war  to  bear  a  charmed  life. 

He  was  not  one  whom  death  did  much  dismay; 

Life's  terrors,  all  death's  terrors  to  him  far  outweighed; 

This  life  that  Heaven  had  lent  him  for  a  day, 

He  stood  ready  to  pay  back  when  it  was  time  to  pay. 


28           Address  of  Mr.  Belknap,  of  Michigan,  on  the 

Men  who  have  felt  the  sting  of  the  bullet  and  heard  the  crash 
of  the  cannon's  shell,  or  have  witnessed  the  scenes  of  havoc  and 
desolation,  rarely  appeal  for  war  to  settle  their  grievances. 

Wars  are  usually  made  by  civilians  or  politicians,  bold  and 
defiant  in  the  forum,  but  when  the  storm  comes  they  seek  the 
shelter  of  their  homes,  or  safely  behind  the  skirts  of  their  wives 
and  mothers  view  their  innocent  fellow-citizens  as  they  catch 
the  peltings  of  the  pitiless  storm. 

This  is  a  magnificent  country,  beautiful  in  its  form,  in  its 
diversity.  I  believe  the  sentiment  of  the  country  is  rapidly 
changing,  and  finally  we  will  have  no  designation  of  North 
and  South.  Whosoever  dwells  upon  a  foot  of  soil  on  which  the 
flag  of  the  United  States  floats  is  a  citizen  of  a  common  coun- 
try. You  might  as  well  attempt  to  move  the  Cumberland 
Mountains  to  Europe  to-day  as  to  move  Kentucky  out  of  the 
Union. 

The  love  of  one's  country,  and  of  one's  birthplace,  is  natural 
and  universal.  The  natives  of  the  mountain  regions  of  this 
country,  while  the  remuneration  for  toil  is  not  great,  are  most 
boastful  and  proud  of  their  birthplace.  It  is  a  high  compli- 
ment to  those  people,  in  a  district  composed  of  both  "  Blue- 
grass"  and  mountains,  that  a  man  like  Mr.  KENDALL  can 
rise  to  a  seat  in  the  Federal  Congres,  whereas  the  natives  of 
other  sections  of  the  country,  where  the  soil  is  rich,  migrate 
like  bees  from  an  overcrowded  hive.  But  all  are  Americans, 
and  proud  of  the  whole  country. 

The  present  age  may  be  justly  described  as  the  age  of  revo- 
lutions. The  whole  civilized  world  is  agitated  with  political 
convulsions,  and  seems  to  be  struggling  after  some  uncertain, 
perhaps  unattainable,  good. 

When  the  pride  of  exploded  opinions  and  the  old  war  cries 
of  parties  shall  have  been  silenced  in  the  grave  of  antebellum 
politicians,  the  new  generation  will  recognize  and  maintain 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  29 

that  sovereignty  of  the  Union  which  is  essential  to  the  highest 
welfare  of  all  sections. 

The  characters  of  men  are  generally  molded  by  the  circum- 
stances in  which  they  are  placed.  They  seldom  put  forth  their 
strength  without  some  powerfully  exciting  motive.  But  in  a 
country  like  ours,  where  the  most  obscure  individuals  in  society 
may,  by  their  talents,  virtues,  and  public  services,  rise  to  the 
most  honorable  distinctions  and  attain  to  the  greatest  offices 
which  the  people  can  give,  it  is  indeed  true  that  but  few  who 
run  in  the  race  for  political  honor  can  obtain  the  prize.  But 
although  many  come  short  yet  the  exertions  and  progress 
which  they  make  are  not  lost  either  on  themselves  or  society. 
These  are  some  of  the  benefits  peculiar  to  a  popular  govern- 
ment— benefits  which  we  have  long  enjoyed. 

Our  deceased  friend  had  the  basis  of  all  high  character,  un- 
spotted integrity  and  honor.  If  he  had  aspirations  they  were 
high,  honorable,  and  noble.  There  was  nothing  low  and  selfish 
that  came  near  the  head  or  heart  of  Mr.  KENDALL. 

Firm  in  his  purpose,  he  was  perfectly  patriotic  and  honest 
in  the  principles  he  espoused  and  in  the  measures  he  defended, 
aside  from  that  regard  for  that  species  of  distinction  that  con- 
ducted him  to  eminent  stations  where  he  has  benefited  the  Ke- 

i 
public. 

In  the  allotment  of  Providence  he  was  placed  in  a  pleasant 
and  beautiful  country — a  country  where  the  mountain  sides 
are  clothed  with  forests,  and  where  the  valleys  are  sparkling 
with  laughing  springs  and  sparkling  rivers. 

Life  is  all  a  mist  in  whose  shadows  we  meet  our  fortunes.  He 
has  emerged  from  the  mists.  Gently  and  silently  he  passes 
from  our  sight. 

Let  us  think  of  him  as  still  hearing  the  music  of  winds  in  the 
trees  upon  the  mountain  side;  as  still  listening  to  the  laughter 
of  the  mountain  brooks,  the  warbling  of  the  birds;  his  spirit 


30  Address  of  Mr.  Bel  knap,  of  Michigan. 

guarding  from  all  liarm  the  bereaved  companion  of  his  man- 
hood and  the  fatherless  children  who  are  left  behind. 

He  sleeps  among  the  hills 
Where  the  mountain  roses 
Drink  the  dews  as  day  reposes. 
The  world  is  ever  as  we  take  it, 
And  life  is  ever  as  we  make  it. 

The  resolutions  were  then  adopted  and,  in  pursuance  thereof, 
the  House  (at  3  o'clock  and  55  minutes  p.  m.)  adjourned. 


PROCEEDINGS  IN  THE  SENATE. 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  DEATH. 


MARCH  8, 1892. 

A  message  from  the  House  of  Representatives,  by  Mr.  T.  O. 
Towles,  its  chief  clerk,  conveyed  to  the  Senate  the  intelli- 
gence of  the  death  of  Hon.  JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  late  a  Repre- 
sentative from  the  State  of  Kentucky,  and  transmitted  the 
action  of  the  House  thereon. 

Mr.  BLACKBURN.  I  ask  that  the  message  which  has  come 
from  the  House  of  Representatives  may  be  read. 

The  VICE-PRESIDENT.  The  Chair  lays  before  the  Senate 
resolutions  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  which  will  be  read. 

The  Secretary. read  the  resolutions,  as  follows: 

IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES, 

March  8,  1893. 

Rcsolred,  That  the  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives  have  heard 
with  deep  regret  and  profound  sorrow  of  the  death  of  Hon.  JOHN  W.  KEN- 
DALL, late  a  Representative  from  the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  seven  members  of  the  House  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Speaker,  to  act  with  such  Senators  as  may  be  selected,  to 
attend  the  funeral  of  the  deceased,  and  that  the  Sergeant-at-Arras  of  the 
House  shall  take  order  for  superinteudiug  the  funeral  and  for  escorting 
the  remains  of  the  deceased  to  his  home;  and  the  necessary  expenses 
.attending  the  execution  of  this  order  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  contingent 
fund  of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  be  directed  to  communicate  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  to  the  Senate. 

Resolved,  That,  as  a  further  mark  of  respect,  the  House  do  now  adjourn. 

31 


32  Proceedings  in  the  Senate. 

Mr.  BLACKBURN.  Mr.  President,  it  is  not  my  purpose  at 
this  hour  to  indulge  in  any  remarks  upon  the  life,  character,  or 
public  services  of  my  colleague  who  has  just  died.  At  a  proper 
time  in  the  early  future  I  shall,  in  obedience  to  a  lohg- 
observed  custom  of  the  Senate,  ask  to  have  a  day  set  apart  for 
the  observance  of  those  ceremonies  which  shall  be  appropri- 
ate. At  this  time  I  simply  ask  leave  to  offer  for  consideration 
and  adoption  the  resolutions  which  I  send  to  the  desk. 

The  VICE-PRESIDENT.  The  resolutions  will  be  read. 

The  Secretary  read  the  resolutions,  as  follows: 

Resolved,  That  the  Senate  has  heard  with  profound  sorrow  the  announce- 
ment of  the  death  of  Hon.  JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  late  a  Representative  from 
the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Ilcxolrcd,  That  a  committee  of  five  Senators  be  appointed  by  the  Presid- 
ing Officer,  to  join  the  committee  appointed  on  the  part  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  the  deceased. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  these  resolutions  to  the  House 
of  Representatives. 

The  VICE-PRESIDENT.  The  question  is  on  agreeing  to  the 
resolutions. 

The  resolutions  were  agreed  to  unanimously,  and  the  Vice- 
President  appointed  as  the  committee  on  the  part  of  the  Sen- 
ate under  the  second  resolution,  Mr.  Pasco,  Mr.  Hansbrough, 
Mr.  Chilton,  Mr.  Warren,  and  Mr.  Gibson,  of  Maryland. 

Mr.  BLACKBURN.  Mr.  President,  I  offer  the  following  reso- 
lution : 

ReSolved,  That,  as  an  additional  mark  of  respect,  the  Senate  do  now 
adjourn. 

The  resolution  was  agreed  to  unanimously,  and  (at  4  o'clock 
and  27  minutes  p.  m.)  the  Senate  adjourned  until  to-morrow, 
Wednesday,  March  9, 1892,  at  12  o'clock  m. 


EULOGIES. 


MARCH  3, 1893. 

Mr.  LINDSAY.  Mr.  President,  I  desire  to  call  up  tlie  House 
resolutions  in  regard  to  the  death  of  the  Hon.  JOHN  W.  KEN- 
DALL, of  Kentucky. 

The  PRESIDENT  pro  tempore.  The  Chair  lays  before  the 
Senate  the  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  which 
will  be  read. 

The  Secretary  read  as  follows : 

Ix  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES, 

February  4,  1893. 

Resolved,  That  the  business  of  the  House  of  Representatives  be  now  sus- 
pended that  opportunity  may  be  given  for  tributes  to  the  memory  of  Hon. 
JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  late  a  Representative  from  the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Ilesolred,  That,  as  a  further  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  de- 
ceased and  in  recognition  of  his  eminent  abilities  as  a  distinguished  pub- 
lic servant,  the  House  of  Representatives,  at  the  conclusion  of  these 
memorial  proceedings,  shall  stand  adjourned. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  communicate  these  resolutions  to  the  Senate. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  send  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  the  family 
of  the  deceased. 

Mr.  LINDSAY.  I  offer  the  resolutions  which  I  send  to  the 
desk. 

The  PRESIDENT  pro  tempore.  The  resolutions  will  be  read. 
The  Secretary  read  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  the  Senate  has  heard  with  profound  sorrow  the  announce- 
ment of  the  death  of  Hon.  JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  late  a  Representative  from 
the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Resolved,  That  the  business  of  the  Senate  be  now  suspended,  in  order 
that  litting  tribute  be  paid  to  his  memory. 

H.  Mis.  100 3  33 


34          Address  of  Mr.  Lindsay,  of  Kentucky,  on  the 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  LINDSAY,  OF  KENTUCKY. 

Mr.  PRESIDENT  :  In  the  liill  country  of  Kentucky,  spoken 
of  in  that  State  as  the  mountains  of  Kentucky,  we  have  a  civ- 
ilization unique  in  its  character,  which  I  think  more  fairly  rep- 
resents the  civilization  of  the  American  pioneers  of  a  hundred 
years  ago  than  can  probably  be  found  .anywhere  in  the  broad 
Eepublic.  After  the  Indian  wars  had  been  fought  out  on  the 
western  borders  of  Virginia  and- North  Carolina,  and  after  the 
Revolutionary  struggle  had  been  prosecuted  to  a  successful 
conclusion,  when  the  people  from  the  East  commenced  to  crowd 
across  the  Blue  Eidge  to  occupy  the  rich  lands  which  lie  in 
the  valley  between  the  Blue  Eidge  and  the  Alleghenies,  those 
people,  who  had  been  all  the  time  in  advance  of  civilization, 
feeling  that  they  were  being  encroached  upon  by  these  neigh- 
bors who  came  across  from  the  East,  took  up  their  march  far- 
ther westward;  and  instead  of  selecting  their  homes  in  the 
fertile  country  of  middle  Kentucky  or  of  prosecuting  their 
journey  farther  westward  to  the  rich  lands  of  the  Ohio,  made 
their  homes  in  the  mountain  regions,  far  away  from  the  lines 
of  travel,  and  in  this  isolation  preserved  the  customs  and  tra- 
ditions they  had  brought  across  the  mountains  with  them. 

JOHN  W.  KENDALL  was  a  product  of  this  civilization.  Born 
and  reared  in  eastern  Kentucky,  he  was  a  type  of  the  people 
of  whom  I  speak.  Eobust  of  constitution,  with  a  strong  mind, 
with  a  reasonable  ambition  to  excel,  he  took  advantage  of  the 
meager  opportunities  afforded  him  for  education,  and  when  he 
had  reached  the  years  of  manhood  had  succeeded  in  accom- 
plishing all  that  could  be  accomplished,  his  opportunities  being 
considered.  He  was  from  the  outset  a  leading  man  in  his 
neighborhood. 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  35 

He  turned  his  attention  to  the  law,  but  had  only  followed  the 
practice  a  little  way  when  the  civil  war  came  on.  Being  a 
leader  in  his  vicinity,  he  led  his  companions  into  the  Confed- 
erate army  and  served  with  distinction  to  the  end  of  the  war. 
Returning  to  his  home  in  this  mountain  country  he  took  up 
the  practice  of  law  and  took  it  up  with  success. 

Very  little  new  blood  has  been  infused  into  this  people  by 
immigration  from  the  outer  world,  and  they  are  to-day  the  rep- 
resentatives of  like  customs,  of  like  ideas,  of  like  traditions, 
with  those  practiced  and  cherished  by  their  fathers  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  years  ago.  His  education  in  the  law  was 
probably  not  as  elaborate  as  it  should  have  been.  He  did  not 
have  opportunity  of  consulting  authorities;  he  did  not  rely 
upon  precedents. 

Such  was  not  the  custom  of  his  section  of  country.  He  had 
read  the  lectures  of  Blackstoue;  he  had  studied  the  Commen- 
taries of  Kent;  was  familiar  with  Story's  Treatise  upon  Equity 
Jurisprudence;  was  deeply  read  in  Chitty's  work  upon  Plead- 
ings, and  thus  armed  for  the  conflict,  he  entered  upon  the  prac- 
tice— not  to  quote  precedents ;  not  to  look  into  reports — but 
to  go  to  the  reason  of  his  case  and  to  present  it  to  the  court 
with  that  singular  power  which  always  is  found  in  men  who 
have  thus  mastered  the  principles  of  the  law,  and  do  not  rely 
upon  the  precedents  to  be  found  in  the  libraries  of  modern 
days. 

As  I  have  said,  he  practiced  with  success  and  became  a  lead- 
ing lawyer  in  a  community  full  of  lawyers  of  this  original  char- 
acter. He  was  made  the  Commonwealth's  attorney  in  the  dis- 
trict in  which  he  lived.  He  was  a  prominent  man,  either  in 
office  or  out  of  it.  He  served  in  the  legislature  in  his  native 
State,  and  finally  his  ambition  was  crowned  by  being  made  a 
member" of  the  other  branch  of  this  Congress. 

At  a  mature  age,  with  the  experience  of  thirty  years  of  active 


36  Address  of  Mr.  Citllum,  of  Illinois,  on  the 

life,  with  the  wisdom  which  came  from  observation,  it  is  more 
than  likely  he  would  have  taken  a  prominent  position  in  the 
Halls  of  Congress;  but  just  as  it  was  expected  he  would  de- 
velop into  the  rounded  man  he  was  prepared  to  make,  death 
came  and  relieved  him  of  his  duties  and  called  him  from  his 
labors. 

I  did  not  have  an  intimate  personal  acquaintance  with  him, 
but  I  am  familiar  with  the  estimate  in  which  he  was  held  by 
those  who  knew  him  best.  He  had  the  confidence  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  lived ;  he  preserved  that  confidence  until 
the  end;  and  when  death  came,  when  he  was  called  from  his 
labors,  he  passed  to  the  other  side  with  the  affection  of  the 
people  who  knew  him  best,  and  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
all  men  with  whom  he  had  been  brought  in  contact. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  CULLOM,  OF  ILLINOIS. 

Mr.  PRESIDENT  :  Again  we  pause  and  lay  aside  our  work 
for  the  living,  which  just  now  strongly  presses  upon  us,  to 
utter  a  word  of  regret  and  sadness  in  memory  of  the  dead. 

It  was  not  my  good  fortune  to  be  intimately  acquainted  with 
JOHN  W.  KENDALL,  late  a  member  of  the  House  of  Eepre- 
sentatives  of  the  present  Congress  from  the  Commonwealth  of 
Kentucky.  I  knew  him  well  enough,  however,  to  join  his  col- 
leagues and  associates  in  the  declaration  that  he  was  an  able, 
honest  man,  conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  every  duty  im- 
posed upon  him  as  a  citizen,  as  a  law  officer,  a  legislator  in  his 
State  and  in  the  National  Congress.  To  whatever  station  he 
was  called  he  performed  its  functions  with  singular  fidelity, 
and  never  failed  to  rise  to  the  measure  of  public  expectation. 

As  has  been  stated,  he  became  a  member  of  Congress  by 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  37 

passing  through  a  school  of  training  not  unfamiliar  to  the 
majority  of  the  public  men  of  this  country — county  attorney, 
State  legislator,  Commonwealth  attorney,  and  finally  became 
a  member  of  Congress.  How  familiar  to  many  men  now  here 
is  this  route  to  a  seat  in  one  or  the  other  branches  of  Congress. 
As  in  all  pursuits  men  press  forward,  performing  their  duty 
as  they  see  it,  taking  one  step  and  then  another,  some  in  busi- 
ness, some  in  one  profession,  some  in  another,  and  some  in  pol- 
itics, all  prompted  by  a  like  ambition  and  sense  of  duty.  Some 
accumulate  fortunes,  some  gain  distinction  and  renown  as 
lawyers,  physicians,  ministers,  and  scholars,  some  as  bene- 
factors of  the  race,  as  humanitarians,  and  others  gain  distinc- 
tion as  politicians  and  statesmen. 

JOHN  W.  KENDALL  did  not  remain  long  enough  in  Congress 
to  become  prominent,  but  his  people,  knowing  and  loving  him, 
chose  him  as  their  Representative  because  they  recognized  his 
ability  and  integrity  and  knew  that  he  would  be  faithful  to  the 
trust  reposed  in  him. 

After  all,  Mr.  President,  he  who  does  his  duty  and  does  it 
well  all  through  the  years  of  his  life  is  the  true  man.  And 
who  can  doubt  the  loving  witness  which  those  who  knew  Mr. 
KENDALL  best  bear,  that  in  all  the  stations  he  did  this. 

Born  among  the  rugged  mountains  of  Kentucky,  among  a 
people  he  loved  so  well,  as  he  ripened  into  mature  age  his  char- 
acter seemed  to  be  formed  by  the  characteristics  of  his  environ- 
ments. He  subordinated  the  partisan  that  the  patriot  might 
predominate,  and  in  his  love  of  country  knew  no  invisible 
State  lines.  He  entered  the  National  House  with  the  determ- 
ination to  represent  his  constituency,  but  at  the  same  time  to 
legislate  for  his  entire  country.  Inscrutable  Providence  in  his 
wisdom  deprived  the  country  of  his  services  ere  his  sun  had 
reached  the  full  glory  of  its  zenith  and  while  he  gave  promise 
of  many  years  of  active  life. 


38  Address  of  Mr.  Pasco,  of  Florida,  on  the 

His  earthly  career  is  closed  ;  his  mortal  remains  lie  among 
the  mountains  where  first  he  saw  the  light  of  day,  and  a  de- 
voted family,  a  loving  constituency,  and  the  people  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Kentucky  mourn  his  loss.  He  has  left  to 
them  a  priceless  heritage— aii  unblemished  name,  a  stainless 
record. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  PASCO,  OF  FLORIDA. 

Mr.  PRESIDENT  :  The  late  Eepresentative  from  Kentucky 
to  whose  memory  we  pay  tribute  to-day  served  his  people  only 
for  a  short  period  here  at  the  national  capital.  He  came  to 
Washington  for  the  first  time  in  this  capacity  at  the  beginning 
of  the  present  Congress  and  entered  upon  his  duties  on  Mon- 
day, December  7,  1891. 

Just  three  months  from  that  time  his  term  was  abruptly 
ended  by  a  summons  to  the  unseen  land  at  the  hands  of  a  mes- 
senger who  accepts  no  refusal.  He  left  his  quiet,  happy  home 
in  a  remote  town  among  the  mountains  of  his  native  State 
early  in  December  for  this  wide  field  of  usefulness,  full  of  en- 
ergy, zeal,  and  health,  with  a  conscientious  desire  to  do  his 
full  duty  to  the  people  who  had  honored  him,  with  ambitious 
longings  to  serve  his  State  with  distinction.  He  little  realized 
how  laborious  the  life  was  upon  which  he  was  about  to  enter ; 
he  little  understood  how  many  obstacles  stood  in  the  way  to 
success  and  fame. 

Like  many  others  he  soon  found  himself  burdened  with 
new  and  unexpected  labors  which  his  constituents  expected 
him  to  perform  for  them.  The  time  which  he  had  planned  to 
devote  to  the  great  questions  which  come  before  Congress  for 
discussion  and  action  was  encumbered  with  an  ever-increasing 
correspondence,  the  distribution  of  documents,  visits  to  the  De- 
partments to  look  after  postal  and  pension  matters,  and  a  con- 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  39 

stant  round  of  small  details  which  seemed  unavoidable.  Be- 
sides these  there  were  duties  more  directly  belonging  to  his 
position.  He  was  assigned  to  one  of  the  most  laborious  com- 
mittees of  the  House,  and  performed  his  full  share  of  work, 
and  his  associates  tell  us  that  it  was  done  creditably  and  faith- 
fully. 

Those  who  had  seats  near  him  in  the  House  say  that  he  was 
generally  in  his  place  giving  attention  to  the  business  in  hand, 
evident!}' endeavoring  to  accustom  himself  to  the  methods  of 
legislation  and  looking  forward  to  an  active  participation  in 
the  debates  and  legislative  work  when  he  felt  himself  suffi- 
ciently acquainted  with  the  parliamentary  practice  of  that 
body.  The  change  of  climate  and  mode  of  life  bore  heavily 
upon  him.  His  work,  though  much  of  it  was  distasteful  to 
him,  was  performed  with  diligence,  but  his  energies  were 
sapped,  his  health  was  undermined,  and  when  disease  attacked 
him  he  became  an  easy  victim.  On  Saturday  he  was  in  his 
accustomed  seat  apparently  as  well  as  usual,  but  the  next 
morning  he  was  stricken  down,  medical  skill  failed,  the  atten- 
tions of  a  devoted  wife  were  of  no  avail,  his  spirit  passed 
from  earth  and  returned  to  the  God  who  gave  it. 

In  this  short  period  of  service  there  was  no  opportunity  for 
Mr.  KENDALL,  to  make  any  great  impression  upon  the  House 
or  the  country,  and  his  circle  of  acquaintances  was  small,  for 
he  had  given  his  first  attention,  after  coming  here,  to  perform 
the  work  which  was  nearest  his  hands  and  learn  his  duties 
rather  than  to  bring  himself  into  personal  contact  with  his  as- 
sociates. Those  who  were  nearest  to  him  in  this  body  and  in 
the  House  of  Representatives  have  not  attempted  to  repre- 
sent Mr.  KENDALL  as  a  man  of  national  reputation.  What- 
ever his  capacity  may  have  been  there  was  never  an  opportu- 
nity for  him  to  display  or  develop  great  talents.  Few  of  those 
to  whom  ample  opportunity  is  afforded  achieve  greatness. 


40  Address  of  Mr.  Pasco,  of  Florida,  on  the 

In  our  earlier  days,  before  the  experience  of  life,  many  of  us 
may  have  imagined  that  Congress  was  the  temple  of  fame,  but 
if  we  look  over  the  long  succession  of  names  of  those  who  have 
preceded  us  we  can  not  fail  to  be  impressed  with  the  fact  that 
even  those  public  men  who  were  conspicuous  during  their  terms 
of  service  are  soon  forgotten  by  the  world.  National  reputa- 
tions soon  fade,  and  new  generations  of  statesmen  succeed  one 
another  to  play  in  turn  their  parts  upon  the  great  stage  of 
human  action. 

Services  such  as  we  are  holding  are  to  be  commended  whether 
those  we  honor  walk  in  the  higher  paths  of  fame  or  the  lowlier 
paths  of  usefulness.  It  is  right  and  proper  to  gather  up  what 
is  commendable  and  praiseworthy  and  honorable  in  the  lives  of 
our  brothers  who  fall  at  our  sides  as  we  together  discharge  the 
great  duties  intrusted  to  us  by  our  people  and  our  States.  These 
tributes,  if  they  serve  no  other  purpose,  are  treasured  as  chap- 
ters of  the  family  history,  to  incite  successive  generations  to 
emulate  the  virtues  of  their  progenitors.  There  is  no  nobler 
book  of  heraldry  than  the  record  of  an  ancestor  who  achieved 
success  by  his  own  efforts  and  served  his  country  faithfully 
and  conscientiously. 

If  we  turn  from  Mr.  KENDALL'S  brief  national  record  to  his 
life  in  Kentucky,  we  shall  find  that  in  the  section  where  he  was 
born  and  reared  and  lived  for  more  than  fifty-seven  years,  he 
was  a  man  of  no  small  accomplishments,  and  that  he  was  loved 
and  honored  and  respected,  and  deservedly  so.  In  the  early 
days  of  the  late  war,  when  the  people  of  his  State  were  divided 
in  their  views  of  duty,  his  sympathies  and  associations  caused 
him  to  espouse  the  Confederate  cause. 

He  soon  entered  the  c.avalry  service,  won  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  his  comrades,  and  fought  till  the  war  closed.  But 
when  he  laid  down  his  arms  and  again  accepted  the  obligations 
of  citizenship,  he  laid  aside  all  feeling  of  ill  will  toward  those 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  41 

against  whom  he  had  marched  and  fought,  and  when  lie  caine 
to  Congress  he  was  ever  ready  to  help  the  old  soldiers  who  had 
been  opposed  to  Mm,  and  he  assisted  many  of  the  broken 
veterans  of  the  Union  Army  in  securing  recognition  of  their 
claims  against  the  United  States. 

Others  have  made  mention  of  the  honors  which  the  people 
of  his  county  and  district  bestowed  upon  him  in  successive 
years.  It  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  repeat  the  interesting 
recital.  Everything  indicates  that  they  were  worthily  bestowed, 
and  that  the  great  confidence  which  his  neighbors  and  friends 
felt  in  him  in  his  early  life  knew  no  abatement.  Their  affection 
and  regard  grew  and  ripened  as  his  years  increased  and  his 
manly  qualities  developed. 

I  was  a  member  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Senate 
to  accompany  the  remains  of  Representative  Kendall  to  his 
former  home,  and  I  wish  to  make  a  brief  reference  to  our 
journey  mainly  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  out  some  incidents 
which  showed  the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  those  who 
knew  him  best. 

West  Liberty,  where  the  family  home  of  the  Kendall's  is 
situated,  is  a  little  town  upon  the  Licking  River,  the  county 
seat  of  Morgan  county.  It  is  a  day's  ride  from  Morehead,  the 
nearest  accessible  point  on  the  railroad  at  the  time  of  our  visit, 
and  with  out  telegraphic  communication.  Our  road  ran  through 
a  hilly  and  mountainous  section,  abounding  in  wild  and  pictur- 
esque scenery,  a  beautiful  country  when  decked  with  verdure 
and  adorned  with  sunshine.  But  our  journey  was  made  at  an 
unfavorable  time.  The  cold  was  intense,  and  the  snow  was 
falling  continuously. 

The  country  was  sparsely  settled,  but  the  messenger  who 
had  the  day  before  carried  from  the  railroad  the  telegram 
bearing  to  the  daughters  of  the  deceased  at  West  Liberty  the 
sad  news  of  their  father's  death,  had  announced  the  coming  of 


42  Address  of  Mr,  Pasco,  of  Florida,  on  the 

the  funeral  procession,  and  short  as  was  the  notice  many  had 
gathered  at  the  little  hamlets  and  villages  along  our  route  to 
show  their  love  for  their  Representative  and  their  sorrow  at 
his  death.  We  stopped  at  a  little  .house  by  the  wayside  to 
rest  our  horses  and  warm  ourselves,  and  were  treated  with 
the  hospitality  which  Kentuckians  always  extend  even  to  un- 
expected guests.  And  while  the  good  wife  was  exerting  her- 
self for  our  comfort,  our  host  and  the  assembled  neighbors 
were  telling  us  about  the  manly  qualities  of  our  departed  as- 
sociate and  the  confidence  the  people  had  in  him. 

The  shades  of  night  had  just  gathered  over  the  little  town 
when  we  reached  our  destination.  The  sad  news  was  only  a 
day  in  advance  of  us,  and  it  was  manifest  that  a  deep  sorrow 
had  fallen  not  alone  upon  the  family,  but  upon  the  whole  people. 
But  three  months  before  their  townsman  had  left  them  full  of 
bright  hopes  and  high  aspirations.  They  had  rejoiced  at  his 
promotion  and  felt  a  just  pride  in  his  advancement.  But  it 
was  all  over.  The  last  of  earth  had  come.  In  accordance 
with  a  wish  expressed  in  his  lifetime,  all  that  remained  of  him 
was  to  be  laid  at  rest  with  the  generations  who  had  gone 
before. 

We  gathered  at  the  homestead  in  the  early  morning  and 
joined  in  a  brief  service  conducted  by  the  family  pastor.  Sweet 
voices  united  their  melody  in  an  appropriate  hymn,  and  the 
man  of  God  commended  the  widow  aud  children  to  the  care 
or  their  Heavenly  Father. 

As  the  neighbors  gathered  and  departed  and  talked  with  us 
about  the  deceased,  we  were  impressed  with  the  belief  that  they 
loved  and  honored  him,  and  that  his  death  was  regarded  as  a 
personal  loss,  as  well  as  a  general  misfortune. 

Arrangements  had  been  made  before  our  arrival  for  a  more 
public  service  later  in  the  day,  and  word  had  gone  out  through 
all  the  country  round  to  the  members  of  the  church  with  which 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  43 

he  had  united  and  the  Masonic  lodge  to  which  he  had  belonged 
to  come  in  at  an  appointed  hour,  but  we  had  to  get  back  to  the 
railroad  by  night  and  could  not  remain.  The  people  were 
already  assembling  as  we  left  and  along  our  road  we  met  many 
groups  of  mounted  men  riding  towards  the  town  to  participate 
in  doing  honor  to  the  memory  of  their  friend  and  brother  and 
and  companion. 

The  events  of  our  visit  to  West  Liberty  often  occur  to  me, 
and  I  have  thought  that  in  judging  the  character  and  success 
of  Mr.  KENDALL  he  should  be  viewed  from  the  Kentucky 
standpoint,  and  that  the  barely  commenced  Congressional  life 
need  scarcely  be  considered.  His  career  there  was  full  of  suc- 
cess. He  was  brave,  honorable,  sagacious  in  counsel,  and  true 
to  his  friends;  a  kind  husband,  an  indulgent  father,  a  good 
neighbor.  He  won  the  confidence  of  those  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact  in  a  remarkable  degree. 

These  are  the  elements  of  a  noble  manhood  and  a  well- 
rounded  life,  and  the  record  which  the  deceased  has  left  is  a 
rich  legacy  to  his  family  and  descendants,  and  a  pleasing  recol- 
lection for  his  friends  and  associates  to  cherish. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  BLACKBURN,  OF  KENTUCKY. 

Mr.  PRESIDENT:  We  have  reached  the  conclusion  of  the 
last  sad  ceremonial  which  Congress  decrees  as  due  to  its  dead 
membership.  In  the  rapidly  wasting  hours  of  -this  Congress 
and  in  the  pressure  of  most  important  legislation  the  Senate 
pauses  to  do  honor  to  the  memory  of  a  man  who,  though 
scarcely  having  entered  upon  his  service  as  a  member  of  this 
National  Council,  brought  with  him  a  record  which  entitles 
him  to  this  distinguished  mark  of  consideration. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  know  Mr.  KENDALL  long  and  inti- 
mately. More  than  twenty  years  ago  I  served  with  him  for 


44        Address  of  Mr,  Blackburn,  of  Kentucky,  on  the 

two  terms  as  a  member  of  the  house  of  representatives  of  the 
Kentucky  legislature.  His  services  there  were  distinguished 
by  reason  of  the  persistency  as  well  as  the  ability  with  which 
he  urged  upon  the  legislature  an  improvement  upon  the  edu- 
cational system  of  his  section  and  his  State  and  the  material 
development  of  its  then  hidden  resources. 

My  colleague  [Mr.  LINDSAY]  has  correctly  described  him  as 
a  type  of  that  surviving  civilization  which  finds  its  home  at 
the  present  day  in  the  mountain  fastnesses  of  our  community. 
Honest,  sturdy,  self-reliant,  persistent  in  his  efforts  to  estab- 
lish his  views,  of  the  correctness  of  which  he  cherished  no 
doubt,  he  was  withal  an  exceptionally  popular  man  in  the 
section  in  which  he  lived.  Two  evidences  were  given  of  this, 
both  incontestable  and  conclusive. 

It  was  in  that  portion  of  Kentucky,  when  the  war  came  on 
in  1861,  that  the  fires  of  sectional  passion  and  hatred  burned 
the  fiercest.  He  espoused,  as  the  Senate  has  been  told,  the 
cause  of  the  South  in  that  civil  strife. 

After  having  completed  his  service  of  four  years  as  a  soldier 
without  stain,  he  returned  to  his  native  home,  to -find  society 
stirred,  factional  differences  unsettled,  and  for  many  years 
thereafter  this  disordered  state  continued  to  exist.  But  he 
was  not  made  the  object,  he  was  not  made  the  victim  of  any 
of  the  prejudices  cherished  against  him  because  of  his  military 
service.  Upon  the  contrary,  shortly  after  the  conclusion  of 
the  war  he  was  given  place  after  place  involving  the  most 
delicate  duties,  his  election  to  these  several  offices  proving 
beyond  question  the  confidence,  the  respect,  and  the  affection 
which  were  cherished  for  him. 

Whether  he  would  ever  have  developed  into  a  Congressional 
leader  it  is  not,  Mr.  President,  for  us  to  undertake  to  determine; 
but  if  we  are  to  judge  by  the  record  he  had  already  made 
surely  his  friends  were  warranted  in  anticipating  a  more  than 
ordinarily  brilliant  future  for  him  when  he  came  to  Congress. 


Life  and  Character  of  John  W.  Kendall.  45 

As  county  attorney,  elected  and  reflected;  as  State  lawmaker, 
elected  and  reflected;  as  Commonwealth's  attorney,  charged 
with  the  duty  of  vindicating  the  outraged  majesty  of  the  law, 
he  had  performed  every  duty  faithfully  and  acceptably. 

There  was  another  evidence  given  of  the  aifection  cherished 
for  him  by  his  people.  When  he  fell  at  the  post  of  duty  here, 
upon  the  very  threshold  of  his  Congressional  career,  in  a  dis- 
trict filled  with  scores  of  able  and  ambitious  men,  several  of 
whom  had  contested  the  high  honors  of  a  seat  in  the  Federal 
councils  with  him  but  a  few  months  before,  that  people  attested 
their  loyalty  and  their  devotion  to  him  by  taking  his  sou,  then 
scarce  more  in  age  than  a  beardless  boy,  and  by  unanimous 
acclaim  commissioned  him  to  come  to  Congress  and  finish  the 
term  which  had  been  allotted  to  his  lamented  father. 

These  facts,  Mr.  President,  speak  louder  than  any  tribute 
which  we  can  pay  in  behalf  of  the  dead  whom  we  now  lament; 
but,  sir,  I  shall  not  undertake  to  claim  that  more  was  due  him 
than  has  been  accorded  by  the  Senators  who  have  preceded  me. 

As  an  advocate  he  was  known  .throughout  that  region  of 
Kentucky  because  of  the  force  and  vigor  which  he  employed, 
whether  in  the  prosecution  of  lawbreakers  or  in  defense  of 
those  charged  with  crime  whose  interests  were  committed  to 
his  keeping.  Above  all,  he  left  no  duty  undischarged  which 
he  had  ever  assumed. 

In  the  light  of  this  record  we  have  a  right  to  believe  that, 
could  his  life  have  been  spared,  he  would  have  accomplished  in 
the  council  chambers  of  his  country  what  he  had  never  failed 
to  secure  in  every  position  which  he  had  assumed.  But  three 
months  had  passed  from  his  entrance  into  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives until  the  funeral  cortege  bore  his  remains  back  to 
his  native  mountain  home,  their  final  resting  place. 

Death's  messenger  came  without  a  herald;  the  shaft  struck 
as  though  it  had  been  a  blow  falling  from  a  cloudless  sky;  and 
yet  he  was  not  unprepared  for  it,  if  the  record  of  a  well-spent 


46  Address  of  Mr.  Blackburn,  of  Kentucky. 

life,  the  faithful  discharge  of  every  duty,  the  securing-,  the 
commanding,  and  the  holding  of  the  confidence  and  affection  of 
his  people — if  these  suffice  to  make  preparation  for  that  awful 
change  to  which  he  was  so  rudely  summoned. 

What  fate  awaited  him  upon  the  other  side  we  may  not 
know.  Beyond  the  portals  of  the  tomb  it  is  not  given  to  man 
to  see.  Go,  bring  the  wisest  of  the  earth,  and  by  his  side  upon 
the  edge  of  the  open  grave  place  the  driveling,  babbling  idiot; 
the  one  can  see  as  deeply  into  that  narrow  home  or  as  far  be- 
yond it  as  the  other.  All  the  cycles  of  ages  which  lie  behind 
us  have  shed  no  light  upon  that  dark  portal ;  there  is  no  hu- 
man vision  which  can  penetrate  it,  unless  when  aided  by  the 
light  of  revealed  religion  or  taking  counsel  of  the  love  which 
we  bear  the  dead. 

What  waited  him  beyond  I  do  not  know;  but  this  I  do  know, 
that  if  in  that  other  life  it  has  been  his  fortune  to  be  assigned 
to  congenial  and  kindred  spirits,  he  is  associating  now  with 
the  generous  and  the  gentle,  the  true-hearted  and  the  brave. 

The  PRESIDENT  pro  tempore.  The  question  is  on  the  resolu- 
tions proposed  by  the  Senator  from  Kentucky  [Mr.  Lindsay]. 

The  resolutions  were  agreed  to  unanimously. 

Mr.  BLACKBURN.  Mr.  President,  I  submit  the  resolution  I 
send  to  the  desk. 

The  PRESIDENT  pro  tempore.  The  resolution  will  be  read. 

The  Secretary  read  the  resolution,  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  as  an  additional  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  de- 
ceased, the  Senate  do  now  adjourn. 

The  PRESIDENT  pro  tempore.  The  question  is  on  agreeing  to 
•the  resolution,  submitted  by  the  Senator  from  Kentucky. 

The  resolution  was  unanimously  agreed  to;  and  (at  1  o'clock 
and  30  minutes  a.  m.,  Friday,  March  3)  the  Senate  adjourned 
until  Friday,  March  3,  1893,  at  11  o'clock  a.  in. 


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